The West Midlands Police has released footage of a large lorry driving on the opposite side of an exit lane before doing a U-Turn on the M6 Toll in Britain.
Luckily, nothing happened, but you can see for yourself how recklessly dangerous this illegal turn was in the video below.
“The driver drove the wrong way down the slip road at junction T5 and, after realising his error, pulled onto the hard shoulder at around 5.30pm on Thursday 23 October,” said the police. “The 51-year-old then tried to rectify his mistake by executing a highly dangerous and illegal manoeuvre into the path of three lanes of on-coming traffic.”
CCTV controllers quickly notified the cops who shortly later apprehended the 51-year old driver who was identified as Leonid Papachin from Lithuania.
The truck driver who had been working in the UK for the past two months was given a 15-week suspended prison sentence while he was also disqualified from driving for 18 months and ordered to pay £85 costs.
Thanks to Ian L. for the tip!